18th January 2020 And so to Penzance, which Sis and I didn’t warm to in 2016. To be fair, it was raining. With only a basic homebrew boozer in town I declared the town the Newmarket of the West (look it up). “But there HAS to be a hipster quarter” said Sis. “Even Newmarket has… Continue reading GIVING PENZANCE A SECOND CHANCE
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ZENNOR AND THE ART OF GBG TICKING
18th January 2020 The last day in Cornwall for Sis and I, and a last opportunity to enjoy the coast before it gets overrun once half-term hordes descend. The view from my £31.59 B&B in St Ives was better than the dull, dull, dull cooked breakfast. A rare venture into Page 1 of the Navigator,… Continue reading ZENNOR AND THE ART OF GBG TICKING
ST IVES – A KETTLE, BEETROOT, A PILCHARD
17th January 2020 “Finally, somewhere posh” says reader Pashmina Pauline. Yes, it’s St Ives, the Falmouth of the west. £31.59 for B&B at Treloyhan Manor on a Friday night. And I still complained about breaking my £30 budget. Best views of the trip on the walk from Carbis Bay. Last time here you could hardly… Continue reading ST IVES – A KETTLE, BEETROOT, A PILCHARD
KING LIZARD & THE PUB TICK WIZARD
17th January 2020 “Enough of all these pubs” writes RetiredDave, “give us pictures of Cornish charity shops with micro hours“. I should start a business selling these printed signs in Thanet. No GBG pub at Lizard Point this year, but as the most southerly point of mainland Great Britain (whoopy-do) I supposed I ought to… Continue reading KING LIZARD & THE PUB TICK WIZARD
HELSTON WITHOUT THE SPINGO
17th January 2020 Day 3 of 5 of our Kernow Kapers. A late start after all that Bass, but I just caught the sun over Ghilly Bay, before the downpour forced me into Trago Stores to buy those £1.05 insoles. “Do you prefer cash or card, I’ve only got a tenner” I asked, trying to… Continue reading HELSTON WITHOUT THE SPINGO
ON THE ‘FRONT
16th January 2020 I’m not saying it’s a problem, but Falmouth has TWO (2) of my Top 10 pubs, and for a couple of months Hand Bar was a third before it went awry. I’m not disclosing how many pubs are in my Top 10, mind. But ‘Front is definitely in there. Even if only… Continue reading ON THE ‘FRONT
“MY MOTHER HAD DINNER WITH TOMMY TRINDER” – BACK TO THE SEVEN STARS
16th January 2020 (still) No, I couldn’t resist it. Particularly since it involved an impersonation of Joker on the way down to The Moor. My third trip to the Seven Stars, all since the Rev John Barrington Bennetts died. 5 points if you know what makes the Rev unique. In 2020, the year that Wickingman… Continue reading “MY MOTHER HAD DINNER WITH TOMMY TRINDER” – BACK TO THE SEVEN STARS
UP THE HILL TO FALMOUTH CRAFT
16th January 2020 Still on Day 2 of the Great South-West Saunter, now we enter Craft Central. Incidentally, the traffic must be light at the moment (9.46am on Saturday) as you can apparently do Waterbeach-Falmouth in 5hrs 47. It can take longer than that to get to Cromer. Sis was staying with Niece and John,… Continue reading UP THE HILL TO FALMOUTH CRAFT
TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT PONSANOOTH
16th January 2020 Day 2 of the Cornish coaster, and a trip at dusk to the village shop where my Sis worked for a while during her year of self-discovery in Falmouth. Tucked in tiny lanes between the contrasting towns of Falmouth, Truro and Redruth you find the old mill town of Ponsanooth, home to… Continue reading TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT PONSANOOTH
SHOE SHOPPING IN TRURO
16th January 2020 Day 2 of the Great Cornish Slog, and we arrived in Falmouth where Sis was meeting up with my niece Patricia. The way people talk about Cornwall you’d think it was a different country, rather than a mere 6hrs 14 away. Grief, they even have shops in Kernow ! I’d managed to… Continue reading SHOE SHOPPING IN TRURO
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